my thoughts

Education is the right of every child away from the boundaries of being rural or urban, rich or poor, marginalized or migrants.   The RTE since its implementation has also made its way through the country. The subject that I wish to share with the readers here pertains to the recent decision taken by Allahabad court which has raised an alarm especially in the clan of government employees. The employees now will have to admit their children in government schools only, failing which the government will extort the same amount that goes as fees of private schools, from their salary. It was so prudent on their part to have thought of such an imposition in the benefit of the children. Undoubtedly, this will improve the deplorable condition of the schools and also enhance the quality of education. Private schools that have seen a boom in the last decade and a half, became the choice of the elite on account of the facilities, quality of education and state-of-the-art infrastructure p...

A question was asked by somebody about not reacting to something wrong happening around us? But at the same time criticize a lot sitting in the drawing rooms or disparaging during the day. The question was more in reference to specific things happening in the city, state, country or the world. Many examples were cited by the concerned person like an old man wanting to cross the road and not many people bother about the same. Due to an accident somebody got injured and crying for the help and most of the people are in hurry so they do not extend any help. Some people fighting with some body and the onlookers do not intervene. There are thousands of such examples which should make us feel ashamed. This is more so in case of our country and the situation is getting worse day by day leading to rampant hooliganism. There can be a small crowd of 5-10 people and they can spread the ruckus in the area and nobody would react to the situation. We have celebrated 69 th independence on 15th...

The Indian government has been debating on the new education policy to be placed in place by making required changes in the existing pattern. The prime minister has been advocating and motivating the citizens and custodians to focus on skill development. The whole purpose of education should be to enable and make people realize their potential and create something new for their own good and the good of the society. The children of the day are exposed to abundance of knowledge and they at times find themselves in difficult situation to decide what to acquire and what to leave. Most of the times the conflicting views are shared by many people with them directly or indirectly. This is healthy to have such views but our children should be skilled enough to understand the difference and what would be good for them. I am of the opinion that the children be exposed to age appropriate challenges of the life and given an opportunity to find the solution themselves with the indirect suppor...

Sudden demise of one of the greatest sons of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has left everyone in the country stunned and nobody initially believed it except the doctors who treated him at the close of his life without any successful result. A lot has been written about him after that and people are coming to terms with this great loss to all of them. The fact is that everyone will have to leave this body and find some other place and make the place for others to carry forward their legacy. I would not be talking about what he did successfully in spite of very difficult circumstances without any complain, but the most important thing is that he has proved that the person who faces difficulty in life gets better prepared to face the challenges of life. By and large this seems to be true that the ones who had very little to be comfortable could achieve more than the ones who had enough because they understood the importance of the things not possessed or achieved by them. Many of us curse...